I was thinking about our Monday Morning Millionaire last week when my pal and fellow stager, George Bass, texted me a photo of this Highland Park French traditional home he’d just finished staging. My first thought was “WOW!” (more…)
Tag: Dallas Luxury Real Estate
Photos: Stephen Reed Photography
When you travel to Tuscany, you cannot help but fall in love with the lifestyle, the landscape, and the architecture. It never leaves your soul. If you’re very lucky, you can take the latter two elements and recreate them. That is what the owners of 4655 Meadowood Road did, and they accomplished it in my opinion. They created a perfect Italian villa in Old Preston Hollow. In fact, when the photos first rolled across my desktop, I was certain someone had sent me an Italian SecondShelters.com property for consideration. I’ve spent a decent amount of time in Italy, and I’ve never seen anyone get the look and feel quite so right before. (more…)
Kathy Myers and Lacy Schultz recently sold the Volk Estates residence of Trevor and Jan Rees-Jones
From Staff Reports
Update, 6:00 pm: Yes, we know this is the beautiful home of Trevor and Jan Rees-Jones, who have amassed a swath of properties, more like a compound, really, in Highland Park not too far from this listing. They also sold their penthouse at the Ritz. We are working on getting you the vitals, like selling price (hint hint: the home is valued in DCAD at $13,500,000) and the buyers. Cheers!
If 2017 seemed to be a “wait-and-see” year for luxury buyers in the $10 million-and-up range, 2018 is proving to be an “all-in” year. Case in point: Last week’s off-market sale of 6700 Turtle Creek Boulevard.
Kathy Myers and Lacy Schultz of Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate were the listing agents for this impeccable 1.7-acre Volk Estates property that had been on the market for $15.9 million, and sold for an undisclosed amount.
When it comes to building a classic French luxury home the right way, nothing much has changed since the 17th century. Our Monday Morning Millionaire at 3516 Lexington Avenue draws inspiration from one of the most famous residences in the world, the baroque French chateau, Vaux-Le-Vicomte. (more…)
David Griffin Realtor Janelle Alcantara wants to make something Swarovski crystal clear: This Forest Knoll Estates home is not a fix and flip like you see on HGTV. According to Alcantara, it’s a complete rebuild of a house, making the results virtually new construction.
“The house was redesigned, moving the kitchen to a new location,” she said. “On a slab foundation, this is something that most builders would not even consider. However, this builder has a vision.”
That vision has earned this home at 4057 Hockaday the title of High Caliber Home of the Week presented by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans. Alcantara said she’d be remiss if she didn’t note that the rising tide that is lifting the real estate ships across Dallas-Fort Worth has reached Forest Knoll Estates.
“There is a $1.9 million house almost complete next door to 4057 Hockaday, and a $1.9 million house directly behind it. There are two new builds starting this month within a stone’s throw from 4057 Hockaday. Now is the time to buy — when the momentum of new construction has taken hold, but the home prices are still affordable,” Alcantara said. “And, if you don’t think that $950,000 is affordable, call Lisa Peters to find out how new loan programs make this kind of purchase a reality.”
Brokers & agents are invited to a CandysDirt Staff Party event at 5350 South Dentwood July 19, from 3 to 5 pm. Brokers & agents are welcome to bring prospective buyers back to the property from 5 to 7 pm that same day. RSVP’s are being taken at 214-543-9990.
In 1951, when Dallas was still learning to embrace the midcentury modern design movement, oilman Grady Vaughn, Jr. commissioned architect Robert Goodwin of Goodwin & Cavitt to design his waterfront dream home in what we now call the honeypot of Preston Hollow. The home is 9,500 square feet with six bedrooms, seven and a half baths, several living areas on one of the most heavily treed lots in this majestic part of town. The acreage is unbelievable: 1.36 acres that include a serene swimming pool and a large private pond.
5350 South Dentwood was designed to serpentine throughout the lush property, meandering alongside the pond on the Straight Branch tributary, weaving through and around original trees. Buildings developed for their sites have an inherent connection, and you feel it intensely walking around the Vaughn House setting.
The home briefly came to market in the spring when it first became available. Now, it is back, offered for $5,500,000 from the original list price of $6,900,000, with some very serious sellers behind it.
This must mean I’m getting old. I remember when they BUILT Regents Park. I loved it then, I love it now. Regents Park would be the ideal place for my next home — not really downsizing, but right sizing in extreme elegance with zero exterior maintenance, but NOT a condo. Regents Park was built in 2003, as the Dallas high rise/brownstone/density living scene was just hitting the gas pedal. It is one of the most sought after living spaces in the Turtle Creek-Mansion Park area. What’s practically across the street?
The Mansion on Turtle Creek.
It is rare that these extremely well designed, commercially constructed homes are available. And 3522 Gillespie, marketed by Emily Price Carrigan, is just hot on the market. It offers four stories of beautifully designed, jewel-box perfection. (more…)
Are you looking for a dream vacation? Perhaps you long for the dulcet sounds of a waterfall or romantic dining al fresco? Maybe you’d like a massage after your sauna, then a wine tasting, and a private screening of a favorite film? Our Monday Morning Millionaire at 6331 Lupton Drive is a Preston Hollow contemporary that offers resort-style living without ever leaving home. Seriously, who needs the hassle of travel planning and jet lag? (more…)
